Friends of Peirene

The following is a list of our favourite independent bookshops across the country – they’ve supported us over the years, and we believe in supporting them. So next time you want a Peirene book (or indeed, any book), get away from your screen, and get thee to a shop:

Belgravia Books

An independent bookshop on the fringes of Belgravia, a short walk from Victoria’s many stations. The home of publishing imprints Gallic Books and Aardvark Bureau, we like to focus on titles from independent publishers and translated fiction and nonfiction. We stock a lot, we read a lot, and we have been known to be rather forceful in our recommendations.

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Big Green Bookshop

Tim West and Simon Key opened the Big Green Bookshop in March 2008, after the big chain store where they worked in Wood Green closed, leaving the area with no dedicated bookshop. After much joy and much frustration and a huge amount of help and support from the local community the shop opened its doors to fanfares and cheers and a cake or two. A bookshop with a thoughtful range of titles, friendly knowledgeable staff and some cracking gems that surprise and excite us. They love their books and when you leave you’ll look forward to coming back again.

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The Book Hive

Situated in the heart of Norwich in the Lanes area of the city, The Book Hive is a beautiful three storey building housing a unique collection of books in a quirky and stylish setting. As the city’s only truly independent new bookshop, it stocks a personally chosen and intriguing selection of titles.

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The Bookshop, Kibworth

An old friend of Peirene, The Bookshop have been with us since the beginning. They celebrated us at their annual BookFest in 2014, so let us celebrate them now: it’s no surprise that they were named the Vintage Independent Bookshop of the Year 2015, the place has impeccable taste (just look at the picture below). Friendly, personal bookselling in a cosy, charming environment.

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Holt Bookshop

The Holt Bookshop is an independent outlet situated in the charming Georgian market town of Holt in beautiful North Norfolk.
Situated just off the High Street, the shop has more than 12,000 books in stock and prides itself on its variety of local interest titles including a wide range of natural history books.

Favourite Peirene book: Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman by Friedrich Christian Delius (Peirene No. 3)

Peirene at the Holt Bookshop

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House of Books

An independent book shop in Crouch End specialising in high quality remainder books at excellent prices, they recently reopened after a two year absence. You will find them just across the road from their old home on the Broadway, and find a full complement of Peirene books in there to boot.

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Kirkdale Bookshop

Situated in the heart of Sydenham, close to the station, Kirkdale bookshop is a combination of award-winning bookshop and cultural hub. We have an extensive collection of new and second-hand books for all age groups and interests.

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Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights

Twice named the UKs independent bookshop of the year, Mr B’s is on John Street right in the heart of Bath. It is a bright and relaxing place to shop where you’ll always receive a warm welcome. Cream shelves packed with books span across three floors of a pretty Georgian building with lots of added quirky features such as a converted claw-foot bath book display, a wall papered with a Tintin comic, toilets papered in book reviews, a rentable reading booth (complete with leather chair and biscuit barrel) and a sumptuous “Bibliotherapy Room” with comfy armchairs, a fireplace, rotating thematic book displays and free tea and coffee available for customers.

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Pages of Hackney

Pages is an award-winning bookshop that opened in September 2008 and has quickly become a community and cultural hub, holding regular events in its basement gallery. They stock an eclectic selection of contemporary and classic fiction, children’s books, politics, art, cookery and much more.

Queen's Park Books

This great bookshop in North-West London specialises in beautiful editions, and imported books. It also has a mean calendar of events, and is part of a literary family which includes sister-shop West End Lane Books in West Hampstead AND the brilliant Darf Publishers, which publishes translated Arabic literature.